Horse-collar.



No. 834,794. PATENTED OCT. 30. 1906.

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HORSE COLLAR.

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HORSEi-COLLAR.

LOUIS PHILIP]? EY, or DIMBOOLA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, ASSIGNOR TO ERNST RUDOLPH nr, or DIMBOOLA,

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

' Patented Oct. 30, 1906.

Application filed. November 4. 1906. Serial No. 285,894.

. To all whom it may concern:

base which is hinge Be it known that 1, Laws PHILIP? EY, a sub'ect of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Dimboola, in the State of Victoria, Commonwealth of Australia, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Horse-Collars; and I do here y declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the Invention, such as Wlll enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in collars for horses; and its object is to provide a construction, dispensing with the need for separate hames,wh1ch shall be strong and dura le and shall allow of adjustment of the hame-hooks in the most suitable working positions and also of easyrepair.

My construction is adapted to romote the keeping of the collar in correct s ape and to alloxlv it to be put on the horse and taken ofi easI y. 7 Y

The collar has a to which opens and has a the hinge, of any suitable kind, being at the lower ends of a metal fore-wale which forms the collar-frame and is,

- exce t at its top and bottom extremities,

construction, and a leather or ang; other detub ar. To thls frame is connected the padded or other collar-body .of any suitable sired covering Isprovided on the a'me. At the collar-top are means to prevent distortion. Thus the frame has a tongued and grooved 'oint or the like, and there is also ordinarily a 'nged fall.

The tongued and grooved joint which I have shown is articularly necessary because of the use of the tubular fore-Wale, which in turn is a necessary part of the pivoted harnehook construction which I will describe later. Two rounded surfaces would not fit properly and it is to this end that I make one ofthe tubular fore-wales grooved and the other with a ton e, as shown in Fig. 2, and provide the hinge fall adapted to bind the two together when it is closed; but the main feature of the invention is the provision upon the tubular frame at each side of a loose sleeve or the like adapted to swing and an adjustable connecting-plate intermediate between the said sleeve and the heme-hook and so arranged as to allow of any hook being located higher or lower, as desired, relatively to the said plate or sleeve. These features I any suitable paddin may, as hereinafter pointed out,be modified, wh1le reserving the essentials.

In t e drawings illustrated.

Figure 1 show the collar in front view in fully-opened position. Fig. 2 shows in plan view the collar-to closed. Fig. 3 shows the connecting-plate In front view, and

re bu ar metal fore-Wale with swinging sleeve and hame-hook-Connecting plate.

In the views, a, b are two tubular or mainlytubular metal fore-wales or members having respective tops 0 d, which when closed form a tongued and grooved or e are further united by a fa at f. i 9 indicates any suitable collar-body, and h or inner surface. 0' shows a lower hinge a apted to 0 en to a predetermined maximum extent, w 'ch may be as illustrated in Fig. 1. dinary practice be covered with leather.

j k at each side are projections, ribs, or rings on or around the members a b, andbetween these on each side of the collar is a loose or movable sleeve l, having one or more suitable lugs m, which may be curved. upper and a lower'lug are shown, between receiving the butt of a hame-hookconnection plate n, sockets 0. There may be any socket, pint, or fastening whereby the plate a may be secured, removably or otherwise, to sleeve 1, rivets p, as shown, or nuts and screws being usually provided. Details as to the connection of hame-hook p to plate n may vary, what I show being bolt 1" with nut, the bolt passing through lugs s on the hook and perorations t in plate n. By slitting plate 1 and twisting, the slitted lugs it thus formed the recesses or sockets 0 maybe produced.

When the parts are assembled and secured as in Fig 1, not only is there pivotal movement upon bolt 1", but also upon fore-wales a and b. The advantages of the latter feature are, first, that the movability of the sleeve allows of easy sewing up and re air of the leather casing and the padding 0 the collar at any time; secondl that the levera e upon the fore-wales of attachments fir y fixed to the fore-wales'for hame-hook connection would in working be considerable, especially by draft-horses, and as thisleverage l-ring e, hinged as herewith the invention'is I Fig. 4 presents in horizontal sectional view a tu-' uivalent joint and This hinge will in orthe space having a series of slots or 8 5 would tend to wrench .the fore-wales and damage them I avoid it by employing loose sleeves Z. In some cases, however, the shanks of hooks g are connected to the lugs or equivalents of the sleeves without having intermediate plates n.

It will be noted in connection with the special features of advantage above pointed out that the strain upon the hame-hooks (1 does not come upon any one portion of the collar nor entirely upon the fore-wales, but that a rearward draft upon the hame-hooks' presses the lugs or plates m against the face of the padding 9. These lugs being in the form of plates the strain is more evenly distributed over the entire face of the collar and against the horses neck than if the hamehooks were attached by means at the outer edge of the collar or were unsupported by the padding g. If the plates m were not capable of bending back to a place against the face of the padding g, then the rearward strain would tend to bend the plates or lugs m and to bend the fore-wales. If the hame-hooks swung rearwardly directly back from the collar without the intermediate plate m, so

pivoted as to rest against the collar, thenthe collar Would be distorted in a very short time.

Terret-rings and any other desired parts for harness connections may be secured to the tubular wales a b or to other suitable portion or portions of the collar.

In Fig. 1 the hame-hooks are (to illustrate the adjustability thereof) shown placed at diflerent heights. When nuts and screws or the like are used at p, the plates 12. may also be adjusted in relative height at will. The number of lugs '11. or of other members provided to promote adjustability of height in assembling the parts'is not limited to What is illustrated.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1 A horse-collar having fore-wales of tubular metal on each side thereof and hinged at the lower ends, plates each having a bent portion encircling one of said fore-wales to form a pivotal connection therewith for movement in a horizontal plane, and hamehooks having pivotal attachment to said plates.

2. Ahorse-collar having fore-wales of tubular metal on each side thereof and hinged at the lower ends, plates each havin a bent portion encircling one of said fore-wa es to form a pivotal connection therewith for movement in a horizontal plane, said plates being provided with a series of vertically-disposed sockets, hame-hooks adapted to be adjusted in said sockets, and means for pivoting said hooks in said sockets.

3. A horse-collar having tubular metal fore-wales on each side thereof, a sleeve encircling each of said fore-wales and having projecting lugs, plates held to said lugs having outwardly-projecting tongues forming a series of vertically-disposed sockets, hamehooks engaging with one or more of said sockets and pivoted therein, and a removable pintle passing through said sockets and hame-hooks.

4. A horse-collar fore-wales on each ribs on each fore-Wale a sleeve encircling the said fore-wales and located between thesaid ribs, having two oppositely-placed with, a plate held between the two lugs and riveted thereto having outwardly-projecting tongues forming a series of verticall -disposed sockets, a hame-hook having at the base thereof one or more tongues for engaging Within the sockets on the said plates, and a removable pintle passing through said sockets and hame-hooks.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS PHILIPP EY. Witnesses:

CHARLES HARKETT, ANTHONY J. OALLINAN. 

